Anyone else like Top Shot?

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i like watching it but personaly i think i can out shoot every one i have seen on the show

That's the hook. We ALL think we can shoot better than the people on that show. And a lot of us are right. With our guns (sighted in for us) and our ammo (that we know where it prints).

Look at the slo-mo shots of bullets just missing the target by an inch or so (ok, some a lot more), lots of the shots are close, but the reactive targets need a direct hit to break. When you need a "10" an "8" is a miss.

Now I hand you a gun you have never shot before, and ammo of some kind. Tell me you can make bullseyes all the time. I can't, not until I learn where the sights and the ammo are shooting. Can you?

Also, notice that most of the contestants are some kind of champion in a specific discipline? Some are military or police trained, some are not. Nearly all are not "well rounded" shooters.

"I'm a revolver guy" "I'm a shotgun guy" I'm a Seal" etc. What ever they are, there are guns for them, and guns they are unlikely to be familiar with. Seals and cops don't practice much these days with lever actions and SAAs, etc.

Except for the run dodge and jump stuff (I'm old, fat, and borderline lazy) I can outshoot nearly everyone I've seen on the show, with my guns and ammo. Or at least, I think I could, if all I had to do was walk up to the line and shoot!:D

And thats one reason some of us watch, not giving a rip about the drama (other than being able to root for the real twerps to get eliminated), but because we want to watch the shooting, see how they do, and believe we could do as well or better.
 
I may be about to get into some trouble here, dunno. I don't guess I know where American customs and mannerisms have gone of late, maybe I was in the bathroom when things changed- I just don't know. But one thing I've noted on that program is that when a shooter gets eliminated & banished- everybody all lines up for hugs. I guess hugging isn't a bad thing all in all, don't think I've ever been to a church service growing up where there wan't a big healthy dose of it. But somewhere between 20 and 40, I've developed the strange notion that I just don't want folks I only casually know hugging me. Would that be a deal breaker as far as those folks allowing me to be amongst them? Is showing the world that us shooters are not only safe but also sensitive compulsive and habitual huggers the drive and aim of what we consider being stewards to the sport? If we're related by blood or marriage, or if we've ever shared a meaningful but still crappy little corner of a combat zone- I might hug you. But as far as 'hugs for ratings' or whatever- sorry, I'm still not that reformed I guess.
 
Maybe I'm different but it is my favorite show on TV and look forward to it coming on every Tuesday night. I love that show.....drama and all. I think most of the contestants are decent at their disciplines and some are lacking in others. It makes for an interesting show.
 
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